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Dobrich Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels

city in Dobrich municipality, Dobrich oblast, Bulgaria

About Dobrich

Dobrich lies on the flat top of the Dobrudzhan Plateau, a low but spread-out limestone plateau that extends over most of the region, turning into the slightly higher Ludogorsko Plateau to the west. The land is covered in highly fertile soil, a type known as chernozem (lit. "black earth" or "black soil"). During the Ottoman reign, the city was known under the Turkish nameHacıoğlu Pazarcık("Hajiolu's small market", romanized as Hajiolu-Pazarjik in the 1911 edition ofEncyclopaedia Britannica). After the Liberation, in 1880 the citizens decided to rename it Dobrich, after the Bulgarian feudal lord (despot) Dobrotitsa who ruled these lands in the Middle Ages and left his name on the whole Dobrudzha region. Together with the rest of Southern Dobrudzha, the city was annexed by Romania after the S

Top Attractions in Dobrich

Explore the best things to see and do in Dobrich:

  • Ethnographic Complex Old Dobrich
  • Ethnographic House
  • Literary MuseumYordan Yovkov
  • Military Cemetery Memorial Complex
  • Monument to Asparuh
  • Monument to Dobrotitsa
  • Museum-in-the-park
  • Regional History Museum

Where to Eat in Dobrich

Must-try local food and restaurants:

  • 🍴RestaurantLebed

Where to Stay in Dobrich

  • 🏨Hotel Dobrudja
  • 🏨Hotel Izida

Dobrich Travel Guide Sections

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